aguaji

noun

agua·​ji

¦ä-gwə-¦hē

plural aguaji

: any of several marine fishes (as the black grouper, the gag, or the rock hind) of the warmer parts of the western Atlantic

Word History

Etymology

Spanish aguají, probably from Taino

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

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